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Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Former pro-Kurdish HDP lawmaker gets suspended sentence on insult charges
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy, has been handed down a five-month suspended sentence for “insulting the state, the government...
Selahattin Demirtaş: an ever-present threat to Erdoğan
By Cevheri GüvenSelahattin Demirtaş has been under arrest for four years now. In fact, he was released by a court; however, another court order...
Former HDP deputy released from jail after top court’s ruling
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic
Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since late 2018, has been released
from prison following a decision...
Turkey’s top court rules rights violation in case of jailed former HDP politician
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that there has
been a violation of the freedom of expression in the case of Sırrı Süreyya
Önder, a former Peoples’...
HDP deputy Önder sent to prison after sentence upheld by appeals court
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder was sent to prison after his three year, six month sentence was upheld by an İstanbul...
Former HDP chairman sentenced to almost 5 years in prison
A Turkish court on Friday sentenced former Peoples’ Democratic Party leader Selahattin Demirtaş to four years, eight months in prison on charges of disseminating...
Prosecutor seeks 5 years for HDP deputies Demirtaş, Önder
An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking five years in prison for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), and...